Written & Directed by Benoy K. Behl who will introduce the film

Producer: External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

The Ramayana is a great epic story which knows no boundaries of religions or countries, enacted more often than any other story of the world, it is performed by Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims. The film presents performances of the Ramayana in India, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Java and Bali 

 

 

 

 

 

The Burning Forest: India’s War in Bastar

By Nandini Sundar (New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2016)

 

Discussants: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Vice-President, Council for Social Development; Dr. Ajay Dandekar, Shiv Nadar University; and Dr. Ajai Sahni, Executive Director, Institute for Conflict Management

 

Chair: Dr. Dilip Simeon

 

 

 

 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jean Boutier, French historian

Chair: Shri Bharat Wariavwalla

 

Public and Private: Histories of French Wedding Rituals

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Arundhati Virmani, Indian historian who teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Mars

Chair: Dr. Ratna Sudarshan

 

The exhibition traces some of the significant changes and developments in the institution and rites of marriage in France through some select objects: the wedding invitation, the menu of the wedding feast, the changing sites of the wedding: from church to the townhall and some elements of the ceremony, such as the bride’s bouquet of flowers, the wedding dress etc. The exhibition aims to present a reflection on social transformations and values in France since the end of the 19th century

 

Curated by Arundhati Virmani

 

Inauguration Mr. Bertrand de Hartingh, Director, French Institute in India on Tuesday, 21 February 2017 at 18:30

chair: Shri Bharat Wariavwalla

 

As part of this exhibition, there will be two related programmes in the Art Gallery

 

THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2017 AT 18:30

Public and Private: Histories of French Wedding Rituals

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Arundhati Virmani, Indian historian who teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Marseille
Chair: Dr. Ratna Sudarshan

 

MONDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2017 AT 18:30

Princely Weddings at the French Court in Versailles

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jean Boutier, French historian

 

(Collaboration: Centre Norbert Elias, Marseille; and MuCern - Museum of Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean, Marseille)  

 

 

 

Speakers: Shri Sitaram Yechury, MP; Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, MP; H.E. Mr. Oscar Martinez Cordoves, Ambassador of Cuba; and Professor Prabhat Patnaik

 

Moderator: Shri Sanjeev Prakash

 

 

 

The Ustad and His Sitar

Ustad Shujaat Khan’s magical journey with his sitar

 

Ustaad Shujaat Khan will speak on his learning process, about his noted lineage which will be interspersed with his own recital. He will also interact with the audiences through via Q & A

 

Chair: Smt Manjari Sinha, noted music critic 

 

 My Environment and Cancer?

Series Moderator

Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

 

Keynote Speaker :Dr. Arthur Frank, Professor, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

 

Speakers: Prof. B.C. Das, Chairman, Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine & Stem Cell Research; Dr. K.S. Bhagotia, CMO (SAG), Delhi Govt.; Prof. Rajni Sharma, Asst. Prof., Pediatric Endocrine Division, AIIMS, New Delhi; and Dr. T.K. Joshi, Consultant and Expert in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

 

(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)

 

 

Challenges for India's Defence and Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Speaker: Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Director General of Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis 

 

Chair and Moderator:  Shri Vijay Naik, Convener, IAFAC  

 

(Collaboration:  Indian  Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents)

 

(30 mins; 2014; BluRay; English & with subtitles)

Directed & produced by Cathy Stevulak who will introduce the film with Leonard Hill, producer

Co- producer: Catherine Masud

 

Recipient of the Audience Choice Best Short Documentary Award, Gig Harbour Film Festival 2014; the Audience Choice Best Short Film Award, Friday Harbor Film Festival 2015; and Best Short Documentary Award, Female Eye Film Festival 2016

 

Followed by a discussion with

Speakers: Smt Gulshan Nanda, Ms Laila Tyabji and Ms Cathy Stevulak

Chair: Smt Ritu Sethi, Director, Craft Revival Trust

 

An intimate portrait of 85-year old Bengali artist, Surayia Rahman, who transforms the quilt-work tradition of kantha to create possibilities for a better life for her family and hundreds of destitute mothers in Bangladesh. Over three decades, as their art becomes prized possessions of connoisseurs around the world, Surayia Rahman and the artisans overcome their hardships with needle and thread, stitch by stitch. Threads takes us on a journey into the heart of an artist and illuminates an unconventional path to dignity and independence

 

(Collaboration: Delhi Crafts Council)